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NOTICE is hereby given that the Fifteenth Ordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Company's Omees at No. 12/14 Queen's Rond Central, Hongkong, on Thursday, the Ninth day of June, 1940, at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon to receive and consider the accounts and the the Directors and report of Auditors thereon, to elect Directors and Auditors, and to transact such other business as may be properly transacted at an Ordinary General Meeting of the Company.
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Farm Strike
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Rome, May 21. Italy's farm workers' strike today spread from the North to the South, and by tonight million men were out. Factories in Milan and trolley crews Province staged
two-hour general strike this morning in protest against yesterday's killing of a striker in a clash near the city with anti-Com- munist strike breakers.
few hours, town workers of the whole Po Valley began general strike, which was to last until 6 nm. tomorrow. Reinforced columns of mobile police patrollert the Northern countryside, expecting trouble as tension TOSC after yesterday's killing.
Within
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The strike, for a national wages" agreement, began in the North on Wednesday.
At u, meeting with farmers and Government officials today strike leaders warned that they would call out
remaining farm their
half a workers-about
milllion their de- men and women--if mands were not met.
The farmers were adamant in rejecting
[ national wages' agree- ment, though they said that they would be willing to consider re-
agreements.
also strikes were Wo more
Inday-one by 3,000 threatened Rome hotel employees for higher
and one
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The Executive had met to dis- cuss an appeal issued last night by Signor Romita, former Min- later of Public Works, urging all democratic Socialists to unite fo to one party at a Congress to be called in the near future.-Reu- ler.
Italy Wants Labour Meet
Rome, May20. Italy is pressing for a meet- ing of Western European Mini- sters of Labour to discuss mutual problems, it was learn- ed here today.
Ing
The possibility of such a meet- was suggested by Signor Amintore Fantani, Italian Tabbur Minister, who returned here last night from Britain where he studied Industrial and social con- Studled ditionsment.
48 gucat of the British
He said that the French Labour Minister, M. Daniel Moyer, had agreed with the suggestion that Labour Ministers should meet as 8000 as possible.
Signor Fanfani said that the renewed contact between the Italian and British Governments should bear fruit, particularly in Italian emigration.-Reuter,
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Pakistan's new ambassador to
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SPUDD CITY
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ICE
COFR, 1949 BY KEA BERYKE, ING, Y. M. NEU, U. B. PAT. OFF.
"Slooping on the job, eh? Well, thaw him out and givo him his notice!"
"TAKE YOUR
FATHER'S ADVICE-KEEP HEALTHY WITH
NUGGET
NUGGET,
DOES IT
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE.
By Shepard Barclay
Authority on Authorities"
*THREE MORE REASONS. spade 4 on the trick were sot. ABILITY o ruff plenty in the Those who discarded the diamond dummy is as pleasing a discov-7 made it Why? Not because cry to a sult declarer, when his the discard was important of it-
hond is exposed,
as self. But because retaining the partner's Anding a nice valentine in his spades enabled South to estab- all. The chance to trump out lish the fifth card by ruming out
losers
all help
Where that method was em- number of ways additional to the
attain the goal, the primary purpose of cutting down ployed to the toful tricks he
drops.
Three Brat trick was followed by the
him in a the suit's losers.
very good reasons for such ruffing club 3 lead, East playing low and amy the K winning. The spade A was to put dummy be the need Con
the taken in and the 4 led, ruffed by into position for a finesse, reaching of an established winner the club 6. Then a lead was In the dummy and the opportun-made to the diamond A. and the ity to set up one or more cards spado ruffed by the club 7. The in declarer's or dummy's sido dummy's last trump, the. 10,
suit.
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DJ 6 5 4 C 2
HAB 7 0 5 4 DK 2
C 10 7 5 3
SQ JO
H K 3 2
W EDQ 10 D
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DA 8.7
C K Q 8 6 4
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then
and South didn't offered,
Only one care what East did, trick could be taken against him, by the trump A, since after the 'spado A and two ruffed tricks, the of the suit was established as a winner.
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(Dealer: South. East-West vul- H 10 7 6 3 W nerable),
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Some pa, x in the tournament (Dealer: West. Neither side played this deal at only 5-Clubs, vulnerable).
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